‘Rust’ Trial Begins With Prosecutor Faulting Armorer’s ‘Sloppy’ Conduct

Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last week out of the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, former Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed  will find out her incarceration fate in just over a month.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The producers of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are nine months late in paying the widower and son of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a gun accident on set in 2021, according to a recent court filing. Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.

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Rust has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.On October 21, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film, when a live round was discharged from a revolver being used as a prop by Alec Baldwin.The weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had been on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter, to which she pled not guilty. Baldwin will be on trial for the same charges in July and has also pleaded his innocence.After three hours of deliberations yesterday (March 6), the jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed, but found her not guilty of tampering with evidence.

A movie armourer has been found guilty of handing Alex Baldwin a good containing real bullets moments before Rust filmmaker Halyna Hutchins was shot dead.

Three years after the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, a jury has reached their verdict for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Attorneys gave their closing arguments in the “Rust” trial in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, with the prosecution urging jurors to find Hannah Gutierrez Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter and to hold her accountable for an “astonishing” lack of gun safety on the film set. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey argued that as the film’s armorer, Gutierrez Reed, was in charge of guns on set, and that it was her failure to tell the difference between dummies and live rounds that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “This was a game of Russian roulette every time an actor had a gun with dummies,” Morrissey said.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had  a  “complete lack of understanding of her role of safety on this movie set,” declared the prosecution in their closing argument today in the Rust’s armorer’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal October 21, 20201 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer An OSHA investigator testified on Tuesday that “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was not given enough time to make sure that there were no live rounds on set. Lorenzo Montoya was the first witness called by the defense in the involuntary manslaughter trial underway in Santa Fe, N.M. Gutierrez Reed is accused of causing the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by loading a live round into Alec Baldwin‘s gun.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s trial for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021 could see an industry veteran take the stand later this week.

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Rust has recalled the moment he was shot by Alec Baldwin with a prop gun in court at the trial of the film’s weapons supervisor.Joel Souza was hospitalised after he was hit by the same bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set in Santa Fe in October 2021. He did not press any legal charges.Weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter, to which she is pleading not guilty.

“Rust” director Joel Souza took the stand today in the trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, telling the court that he did not see who gave Alec Baldwin the firearm in the fatal shooting incident.

The man who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins more than two years ago broke down on the witness stand Thursday describing what happened that October 2021 day on the set of the indie Western.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SANTA FE, N.M. — The director called “action,” and Alec Baldwin emerged from a wooden shed and advanced toward the camera, firing shots from an old pistol. As soon as he heard “cut,” the actor wanted to do the take again.

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SANTA FE, N.M. — The “Rust” trial boiled over in hostile bickering between the prosecution and the defense on Wednesday, after the defense poked several holes in the Sheriff’s investigation. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armorer, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SANTA FE, N.M. — “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed told detectives that she brought dummy rounds to set that were left over from a previous film, and that had been loose in a bag in her car. Gutierrez Reed is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a live round fired from Alec Baldwin‘s gun.